Role of statisticians in building the UAE knowledge economy

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2019

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University of Salento

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the use of statistics in the workplace in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the role statistics and statisticians play in the country's endeavors to transform to a KE. The paper further elucidates the gap between statistics education and the labor market needs. Information are garnered from a sample of 104 statisticians and practition- ers with related backgrounds on several issues covering the level of statistical practice in the country, training and professional development and the role statisticians play in supporting research and decision making. Evidence re- veals a growing recognition of the role of statistics in the country. Several limitations, however, were noted including increased shortages in supply of statisticians and a lack of indepth professional training in traditional and emerging statistics topics together with a lack of quality research output. © Università del Salento.

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This article is licensed under Creative Commons License and full text is openly accessible in CUD Digital Repository. The version of the scholarly record of this article is published Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis (2019), accessible online through this link https://doi.org/10.1285/i20705948v12n1p303.

Keywords

Knowledge economy, Statistics education, Statistics in workplace, UAE

Citation

Hijazi, R., Saeed, R., & Alfaki, I. (2019). Role of statisticians in building the UAE knowledge economy. Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis, 12(1), 303–319. https://doi.org/10.1285/i20705948v12n1p303

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